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Africa Horn
Somali, AU forces launch sweep in Kismayo
2012-10-31
[Shabelle] Somali and African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
forces launched Tuesday a sweep in the port city of Kismayo, and captured landmines and other kabooms, reports said.

Witnesses in the city told Shabelle Media via telephone that the allied forces discovered landmines placed in a road and explosives in a a house during their security operations. Somali military officials in Kismayo, declined to comment further on the crackdown.

The operations followed after KDF announced last week that movement in and out of the town was being monitored at control points erected outside the town.
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